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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2009 - SECT 134
Approving an inspection program
134 Approving an inspection program
(1) A local government may, by resolution, approve the following types of
inspection programs— (a) a systematic inspection program;
(b) a
selective inspection program.
(2) A
"systematic inspection program" allows an authorised person to enter and
inspect all properties, or all properties of a certain type, in the
local government area.
(3) A
"selective inspection program" allows an authorised person to enter and
inspect those properties in the local government area that have been selected
in accordance with objective criteria specified in the resolution.
(4) The
resolution must state— (a) the purpose of the program; and
(b) when the
program starts; and
(c) for a systematic inspection program that allows a
type of property to be entered and inspected—a description of the type of
property; and
(d) for a selective inspection program—the objective criteria
for selecting the properties to be entered and inspected; and
(e) the period
(of not more than 3 months or another period prescribed under a regulation)
over which the program is to be carried out.
(5) The local government must
give the public notice of the approval of an inspection program, at least 14
days, but not more than 28 days, before the approved inspection program
starts.
(6) The notice must be published— (a) on the local government’s
website; and
(b) in other ways the local government considers appropriate.
(7) The notice must state the following— (a) the name of the
local government;
(b) the purpose and scope of the program, in general terms;
(c) when the program starts;
(d) the period over which the program is to be
carried out;
(e) that the public may inspect a copy of the resolution that
approved the program at the local government’s public office until the end
of the program;
(f) that a copy of the resolution that approved the program
may be purchased at the local government’s public office until the end of
the program;
(g) the price of a copy of the resolution that approved the
program.
(8) The price of a copy of the resolution that approved the program
must be no more than the cost to the local government of making the copy
available for purchase.
(9) From the time when the notice is published under
subsection (6) until the end of the program— (a) the public may inspect a
copy of the resolution that approved the program at the local government’s
public office; and
(b) copies of the resolution that approved the program
must be available for purchase at the local government’s public office at
the price stated in the notice.
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